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Competing in Challenging Markets

July 25, 2018 | MIT Sloan Management Review | Strategy

What does it mean to compete in today’s world? This collection of articles from MIT Sloan Management Review examines new ways of thinking about business models, the importance of using analytics and data to support strategic vision, and the best ways to compete against larger companies and disruptive technology.

Articles included with this collection:

The Hard Truth About Business Model Innovation by Clayton M. Christensen, Thomas Bartman, and Derek van Bever

Analytics as a Source of Business Innovation by Sam Ransbotham and David Kiron

Managing Tensions Between New and Existing Business Models by Kristian J. Sund, Marcel Bogers, J. Andrei Villarroel, and Nicolai J. Foss

Are You Ready For the Certainty of the Unknown? by Benn Konsynski (Emory University), interviewed by Gerald C. Kane

The Best Response to Digital Disruption by Jacques Bughin and Nicolas van Zeebroeck

The Upside to Large Competitors by Neeru Paharia, Anat Keinan and Jill Avery

Keep Calm and Manage Disruption by Joshua S. Gans

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